Natural regeneration of forest vegetation on legacy seismic lines in boreal habitats in Alberta's oil sands region

Biological Conservation

Volumn 184, Issue , 2015, Pages 127-135

  Van Rensen, Cassidy K ^a   Nielsen, Scott E ^a   White, Barry ^b   Vinge, Tim ^b   Lieffers, Victor J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b ALBERTA ENVIRONMENT AND PARKS   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boreal; Forest regeneration; LiDAR; Linear disturbance; Seismic line

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DATABASE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FEN; FOREST COVER; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LIDAR; MODEL VALIDATION; OIL SAND; REGENERATION; SEISMIC DATA; VEGETATION MAPPING; WETTING FRONT;

ALBERTA; CANADA;

EID: 84922419504     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2015.01.020     Document Type: Article

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